{"id":19231,"date":"2022-10-26T15:05:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T13:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=218183"},"modified":"2022-10-26T15:31:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T13:31:09","slug":"a-family-history-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/a-family-history-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"A family history of the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rob Attar\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 26 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Bestselling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses his major new book, which tells the entire history of the world through the prism of families. In conversation with Rob Attar, he delves into the stories of several significant dynasties \u2013 from ancient Egypt to the Trumps \u2013 and reveals how family life affects political power.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-218183-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/SSMworldhistoryfamilies-c69ec17.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/SSMworldhistoryfamilies-c69ec17.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/SSMworldhistoryfamilies-c69ec17.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Simon Sebag Montefiore is the author of <em>The World: A Family History<\/em> (Weidenfeld &amp; Nicolson, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/the-world-9780297869672\/9780297869672&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/World-History-Simon-Sebag-Montefiore\/dp\/0297869671\/ref=asc_df_0297869671\/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=570354289872&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=9113833251221401608&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=1006715&amp;hvtargid=pla-1655926963413&amp;psc=1&amp;th=1&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">Buy now on Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/the-world\/simon-sebag-montefiore\/9781399607872&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rob Attar Published: Wednesday, 26 October 2022 at 12:00 am Bestselling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses his major new book, which tells the entire history of the world through the prism of families. 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